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Back To 2005 - Chapter 493

Published at 19th of January 2023 05:42:26 AM


Chapter 493: Payback is nowhere in sight

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  Chapter 493 Payback is nowhere in sight

  After breakfast, Zhou Anan went to the Xinhua Bookstore across the pedestrian street in the van of his father who insisted on taking him to the city.

  As soon as he was free, Zhou Anan, who had read half of the book in Xinhua Bookstore, found it a bit too boring.

   Went to the pedestrian street for a walk, seeing that his cousin was busy, Zhou Anan didn't bother him.

  Recalling the two fellow girls who were "thrown" at the movie theater some time ago, Zhou Anan walked to the movie theater for more than half an hour.

  Compared to the desertedness when it opened, today’s Millennium Cinema has a lot of customers even if it just opened in the morning, most of them are boys and girls who are on summer vacation.

   Except for the group of people in front of the claw machine, the place with the largest number of people is the snack area, and the three tellers seem a little busy.

  Looking at the two part-time girls in overalls, Zhou Anan walked over to Lou's personal trainer at the cashier and said, "Bring me a bottle of water."

   "Okay, please wait a moment. Senior!"

  Turning around skillfully to get a bottle of water, when handing it over, Lou Shuqing yelled in surprise.

   "Are you still used to it?"

   After receiving the mineral water, Zhou Anan smiled and expressed concern.

   It seems that Lou's personal trainer looks pretty good in this outfit.

  However, at this age, Shu Na's advantage is more obvious.

   "Very good, we all like this job, thank you senior."

  Lou Shuqing naturally felt good about the job arranged for them by the senior.

   Not only high salary, but also good benefits.

  In addition to being able to "dispose" of excess popcorn for free every day, sometimes they can watch free movies during their shifts.

   It is not good at all, it is easier to gain weight.

  Shu Na, who loves to eat, has gained two catties in less than a month. She wants to lose weight, and eating popcorn every day is really relentless.

"That's good."

   After saying hello to the slender and handsome Shu Na, Zhou Anan went upstairs to the manager's office.

   After looking at the income of the movie theater for more than half a month since its opening, Zhou Anan found that some movie theaters' behavior of exchanging movie tickets to steal box office is worth understanding.

  Since its opening 20 days ago, Millennium Cinema has sold more than 250,000 movie tickets, of which the theater can get about 53%, and after deducting various expenses, it gets about 45%.

  20 days, 112,000 yuan income, including staff wages and equipment depreciation, net profit is less than 70,000 yuan, and taxes must be paid.

  This is also the reason why there are two blockbuster movies this month. When there are no blockbuster movies on weekdays, the movie theater basically loses money every day it opens.

   And the investment of this movie theater is no less than 5.6 million, and it takes years of monkeys to make a profit.

  Although the movie theater box office explosion period has not yet arrived, the profit is too low.

  The current supervision is not so strict. Some movie theaters can exchange popular movie tickets for movie tickets that are about to go offline, and get a higher commission, which is the so-called box office stealing.

In response to this, "Charlotte's Annoyance" produced by Blue Whale Entertainment has done a good job. It has the endorsement of the top executives of major theaters, "one steals a fine of one hundred", and hundreds of box office supervisors are active in the first, second and third tiers. The city has effectively curbed the phenomenon of stealing box office.

  Of course, for movie theaters, there is still a considerable income, that is, snacks and drinks.

  The average daily turnover is more than 3,000, and the profit is nearly 1,800. After deducting labor costs, it is not much worse than the income from selling tickets.

  But in the end, the payback period is still too long, and it is not easy for everyone.

   Fortunately, Zhou Anan bought this piece of land. Just the increase in the price of the land in the future can make him feel at ease.

   "Well, thank you for your hard work."

  Close the ledger, Zhou Anan smiled and nodded with Manager Liu, and left.

  As long as the movie theater is operating normally, he will basically not intervene in these managements, let alone give instructions.

  Stayed in the snack area for a while, and agreed to Shu Na's request for supper when she was free. When Zhou Anan walked out of the movie theater, it was almost time for dinner.

  Alone, of course, just eat a little.

   "Hey, Mom..."

   While eating at a fast food restaurant, Zhou Anan received a call from his mother, who knew that there was an extra 126-square-meter suite at home.

  My mother said that the wedding house that may belong to him in the future may be worth 3.5 million in the future.

   There was a smile in the words, but Zhou An'an felt nothing in his heart, he just felt that his mother's ability to act was really high.

  Compared to the pile of houses he bought yesterday, this house is just drizzle.

  However, Zhou Anan was very happy seeing the conditions at home getting better and better.

   At present, it seems that he doesn't need to make a move. After the quarry in his father's village expires, he doesn't have to worry about the direction of the family's economic development.

  After wandering around for half a circle in the afternoon, Zhou Anan took the bus back home.

   The first full day at home just passed, monotonous and boring.

  On the third day after arriving home, Zhou Anan was going to stay at home for a whole day, but he received an invitation from Hu Shangyi, who agreed to have dinner out of boredom.

   "Mr. Zhou, you are really hard to hire."

  Seeing Zhou Anan coming in, Hu Zehai, who had been chatting with his classmates in the box for a long time, laughed and joked.

  In order to wait for the big brother among his classmates to be free, he negotiated with a few boys and abruptly pushed the time of the classmate reunion to the end of July, and finally hoped that the other party would come.

  Student reunion is the best way to increase friendship.

   "Don't say much, I will punish myself with three cups."

   Poured three small cups of juice, and Zhou Anan drank it down, just to quench his thirst.

   "No, you must be punished with alcohol."

   "I just took cold medicine and can't drink alcohol."

   "..."

   Zhou Anan, who had been prepared for a long time, dealt with the boys who were the most active in booing in a few clicks.

   There were quite a few students present today. Of the fifty or so students back then, only a small half did not come. Three tables for twelve people were just enough to sit.

  Everyone has been in college for two years, and there is no such passion as when they graduated from high school. The so-called high school friendship has faded a little bit, and it is normal for some people to make excuses not to come.

  Looking around, Wang Rong didn't come back from Hangzhou, and Zhou Anan didn't see that Xu Wenwen either. It seems that the Hangcheng classmate party proposed by the other party and Wang Rong last time was gone.

   "What, who are you looking for?"

   Hu Zehai, who was sitting next to Zhou Anan, noticed his gaze and asked with a smile.

   "I'm looking to see who hasn't come yet."

   Regarding this point, Zhou Anan answered very frankly.

  Anyway, he has no plans for the girls in the class.

   "I thought you were looking at someone. Recently I heard that Wang Rong and Xu Wenwen got married. Is it true?"

   Instead of continuing to tease the other party, Hu Zehai asked a gossip.

  In the past six months, this has been the biggest gossip among high school classmates.

   And from Xu Wenwen, everyone knew that Wang Rong became the general manager of a milk tea company, with an annual income of hundreds of thousands, which blinded everyone.

  Opening a milk tea shop and becoming the general manager, they have seen it in TV novels, who would have thought that it would happen to them, or their high school classmates.

  Given their junior year in the second half of the year, Wang Rong, who is only 21 years old, can be called successful and famous.

   Therefore, his relationship with Xu Wenwen naturally attracted everyone's attention.

"not sure."

   Shaking his head, Zhou Anan didn't intend to gossip about Wang Rong, nor would he tell about Xu Wenwen's current appearance, and he didn't need to talk about topics to attract girls' attention.

   Right now, he just wants to be a quiet and handsome man, taking advantage of a meal and spending time.

   That's all.

   "It's spread all over the class, Xu Wenwen also admitted it in the TT group, don't you know?"

   "I haven't been on TT for a long time."

   "..."

   "By the way, which boys in our class have found girlfriends?"

   "This..."

   Occasionally chatting with the boys next to him about popular topics in college, and then making jokes with the more active girls, Zhou Anan felt that the time passed quickly.

  Although the sister Ying Chengcheng also came tonight, she didn't take the initiative to talk to Zhou An'an, and Zhou An'an was so happy.

  He is a guy who has a girlfriend and needs to keep himself clean.

   After dinner, Zhou Anan rejected the invitation of Hu Shangyi and others to go to KTV, and drove to Wuzhou.

  Being picked up by some people at the table talking about girls, Zhou Anan thought of a certain confidante in Wuzhou, and wondered if he had returned from his hometown.

  Of course, Zhou An'an is definitely not, so I went to see the junior high school girl downstairs in Repulse Bay.

   "Dididi."

  On the way to Wuzhou, Zhou Anan received a phone call, couldn't help frowning, and stepped on the accelerator a little harder.

  (end of this chapter)




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